jackie roland has more, erin ukraine near the russian border. >> deeply skeptical about the agreement reached in geneva. in fact some of them feel they've been sold out by russian huz. russia. they say they're going to stay in these public buildings that they're occupying until their demands are met. they wand a referendum on greater autonomy. there should be an amnesty for government buildings and the government in ukraine have drafted an agreement that people could leave buildings and not facing prosecution. people here say they are not going to leave these buildings until they see the pro europe demonstrators vacate central independence square. but they have committed to remaining in the square until presidential elections in later may. there seems to be a stalemate in implementing the agreement reached in geneva. >> that's jackie roland reporting. >>> the reluctance has the deal on shaky ground. jerald tan has the story. >> protesters insist they are not going anywhere. the barricades are still up and pro-russian activates say they do not recognize the international deal to end th

. >> we go now to jackie roland who has recent developments from the eastern city of slovyansk. >> localple are calling it the easter massacre, although what took place at this checkpoint in the early hours of sunday remains unclear. unknown attackers drove up and opened fire on the pro-russian activists who were manning the barricade. >> my neighbor got a bullet right between his eyes. then others from slovyansk came to help us. if they hadn't come they would have been slaughtered like chickens. >> local people say the other side also suffered losses but the attackers took the dead and wounded with them. there are a lot of unanswered questions here. for a start, where did the two cars come from? and secondly if there was a shootout between the men at the checkpoint and the vehicles how come there are bullet holes in the back of the second car? and how did it happen that the two vehicles ended up completely burned out? forensic experts are trying to answer some of those questions. but with the cars torched the evidence they can gather is limited. they found shell case bullets and dried b

let's toss over and speak to jackie roland, because jackie is on the ground.nd one of the points in the disagreement are that armed groups must be demobilized and occupied buildings returned to the government, those that have taken up arms have occupied building how prepared are they to get behind this. >> well, the people occupying the regional headquarters here, and also occupying the city hall, have said that they are not willing to leave their buildings until the proeuropean demonstrators in kiev vacate where they have been demonstrating since the end of last year. so clearly they want to see that this is not just an agreement which is going to result in them losing the games that they feel they have made. who have been walkingaround in uniforms and sometimes carrying weapons, and they have used these arguments to justify what they are doing here. i would say the other implication, really, for the results of the outcome of the talks in geneva is it will be seen by many in the authorities, including the regional authorities here, these are people, official

jackie roland has the story. >> local people are calling it the easter massacre.hat took place at this macshift checkpoint in the early hours of sunday remains unclear villagers say unknown attackers drove up and opened fire on the pro-russian activists who were manning the barricades. >> they came and lit up the barricades with their headlights and started shooting. my neighbor got a bullet right between his eyes other people came to help us. if they hadn't, the stackers would have slaughtered everyone like chick edges >> the interior ministries says three pro-russian activists were killed. local people see the other side suffered losses but the attackers took theded and wounded with them. there are a lot of unanswered questions here. for a start, where did the two cars come from? and secondly, if there was a shoot out between the men at the checkpoint and the vehicles ho come there are bullet holes in the back of the second car? how did it happen the two vehicles were completely burned out? forensic experts are truing to answer it but with the cars torched the e

jackie roland has more. >> tacross eastern ukraine, the stand-off continues. pro-russians demonstrators are ignoring calls for them to take down the barricades. in the city ofslovslov, the mood is as defiant this easter weekend as it has been for days. the protesters say they won't back down until they are given a vote on the future of their region. >> everything is calm. for all of this to be sorted, a referendum has to take place so that people can express their opinions. >> i guess it needs to split. some will go to the european union. some to russia. it's the same scene here in donetsk. leaders of the rebellion say they won't leave the occupied regional administration building until the interim government in kiev steps down. >> we came to hold a referendum. >> a new opinion poll carried out across eastern ukraine reflects this wide-spread mistrust of the authorities in kiev. but the poll also suggests that those who want to break away from ukraine and join russia. >> in the city, protesters still control the local television station where they have set up

jackie roland is standing by, and tell us what's going on behind you. >> well, the people here say that they're trying to set the record straight about public opinion here in donetsk. saying that they have captured attention with violent demonstrations, running around, and they say that they have presented a distorted view of what people say here. the atmosphere is calm, and nevertheless, there's a very large police presence here. all the way around the demonstration, the idea is to provide security because there have been threats by the pro russian activists to actually come and break up this meeting. so the atmosphere is calm. the people here, the organizers, these pro ukrainian activists saying that they are very much aware that there's a risk out there. and a lot of the people are afraid. though a lot of people, the silent majority if you like, with the ukraine, the actions by these pro russian activists have been so violent that the people are afraid to say what they really believe. >> okay now, we have of course had announcements of anti-terrorist operations and we have seen peopl

jackie roland, al jazeera in eastern ukraine >> pro-russian separatists say they have declared a curfewfter that shooting. abdel hamid sends this report >> they followed the same line that came out of moscow and pointed the finger at an ultra nationalist group called the right seccor. they played a key role in the protest in kiev that led to the ousting of victor yanukovych. now, this mayor says that a refer endsum will be held on may 11 11th. the authorities have said that they agreed in principle over a refer endsum. it's a referendum but it should be held on the same day as the presidential e elections which are may 25th a lot of the pro-russian supporters said they didn't trust that. they thought the presidential e elections would be rigged in the first place. it has to be said that the mayor gateway new. until al few days ago, the mayor of slovyansk was a woman. she had clearly den oujsed the appearance of men in fatigues. she had at the time said they were either russians or getting their orders from moscow. she has since disappeared. we vint heard from all of the other pro-russia

th al jazeera jackie roland has more >> reporter: the circumstances surrounding this incident remain extremely unclear. local people here in the village to the east of slovyansk say the early hours of the morning, a number of vehicles drove up to this checkpoint, which was manned by local people, and there was an exchange of fire. the villagers and the people to the checkpoint were pro-russian sympathizers. they say three of their men were killed. another was injured, they say, also, casualties on the side of the attackers. they said the attackers were able to flee in another two vehicles. it's not clear who these alleged attackers were. i have to say having examined the two vehicles, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered. in particular, if there was a shoot-o shoot-out, why is the car undamaged in terms of bullet holes whereas the back of the second car gateway really riddled with bullets, and why as well are the two vehicles completely burnt out destroying any potential forensic evidence? this gateway clear however it happened gateway playing into the hands of those w

jackie roland, al jazeera, donets. >> the united nations security council is discussing the human rights situation. it comes one day after the u.n. released a report on how the crisis is impacting the region. we're at the united nations. outline if you would some of the key points the counsel is now discussing. >> reporter: tony, this is a report done by--this is going to be presented by the u.n. secretary generaller. he visited the ukraine in march and some of his findings are worrying. the u.n. report goes into the alleged torture, and the arrest of people in the crimea referendum. the support suggests that the vote was taken in an environment of intimidation by unarmed groups. there was a distinct lack of media freedom with journalists being harassed and also arrested as well. they also looked into the multiple claims many times consistently by russia that pro russian separatists have been targeted themselves, and the human rights reports that widespread systemic and that they were greatly exaggerated by the russian federation. in terms of the recommendations by the report, it says au

. >> jackie roland has the latest for us o on the outskirts of the city. >> reporter: the circumstances of this incident remains very unclear. in the early hours of the morning they drove up to the checkpoint and there was an exchange of fire. the people at the checkpoint, they're pro-russian sympathizers, they said that three people have been killed and the attackers were able to flee in another two vehicles. it's not clear who thoughs these legislate attackers were. there are lots of questions remaining unanswer, in particular if there was a shootout, why is the first car is undamaged with bullet holes and the second vehicle is riddled with bullets, and it's completely burned out. what is clear is that this incident, however it happened its playing into the hands of those who do not want the geneva agreement to succeed. the pro-russian is calling for russian peace keepers. >> let's go to donestk, this is clearly very murky. some suggesting that this attack did not happen at all, but jackie said that it is not going to do anything for the geneva agreement, which was supposed to de-esca

jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> maria innes ferre has a story. >> leaking documents to wikileaks will stand. the general's decision is the final act in manning's court martial. manning was sentenced in january for six espionage charges. >>> a utah judge has set bail for a woman at the center of a gruesome case. megan huntsman has been accused of killing six children she gave birth to in a ten year span. the remains were found in cardboard boxes in her garage. >>> an unruly passenger is in trouble for trying to open a plane door in flight. 23-year-old joshua suggs tried open a door in a flight from chicago to sacramento yesterday. his pupils were dilated and he was incoherent. he is expected to appear in court on wednesday. in california, many robert rizzo was sentenced for 33 months in prison for dodging taxes, earning a salary of $1.5 million with benefits. he's back in court wednesday to be sentenced for 69 counts of fraud and improper use of why funds. >>> bernice gordon, a 100-year-old is a legend. she has been building crossword puzzles longer than anyone. tom ackerman has t

jackie roland has more from donestk. >> they're extremely skeptical and many feel that they have been sold out by russia. they say since they were not part of those talks they are not bound to comply with the agreement. they said they're going to stay in these public buildings that they occupy until their demands are met. they want a referendum with greater autonomy of eastern ukraine. there should be an amnesty for people occupying buildings, and the government in kiev started throwing up amnesty by which people could leave buildings and not face prosecution. people hearsay they're not going to leave these buildings until they see similar actions. they want to see the pro europe demonstrators. they say they're committed to the square. there seems to be a stalemate at the moment in terms of actually implementing this agreement reached in geneva. >> and similar sentiments were heard where pro russian activists have seized several buildings. >> i know this is about the future. >> igor, an it specialist when not protesting has been here a week and has no intention to leave any time soon.

jackie roland, al jazeera. >> dozens of u.s. troops are now in poland for the start of military exercises. 150 paratroopers arrived in poland today. more troops will arrive in latvia, estonia next month. it will the. >>> an american journalist is being held captive in eastern ukraine. he was detained at a checkpoint. highways been reporting for weeks on the situation in ukraine. maria ines has been following the developments online. >> reporter: yes, he was recently reporting from a town where the mayor was replaced by a self-proclaimed mayor. now let's take a look at a clip on youtube this week. >> so many uniforms, i can't figure out whose doing what, but it looks like we have ukrainian officers talking to the pro-russian officers without disarming or moving forward. this might be going, and it might have switched sides to the russian sides. >> reporter: his last tweets are about a bizarre press conference with pro-russian mayor there. he writes, wait, this is the weirdest presser ever. this lady called us all liars and then a

jackie roland, al jazeera, donesk. >> rescue teams in south korea are working through the night to search for victims of the capsized ferry. leasfeast four people are confid dead. harry fawcett where the rescue work is underway. >> reporter: the ferrthe ferry d on its side. as they came ashore the government's response center said 368 people have been saved, 107 still missing. >> i held the hand rail and moved to the right of the ferry to try to get to the helicopter. rubbish bins were floating around me. i had water up to my neck. >> reporter: at one stage they were all being told they were rescued, a terrible revision. officials miscalculated. fewer than 80 children were confirmed safe, 300 passengers declared missing. >> the announcement told us to stay still but the ship was sinking. there were a lot of students who did not get out of the ship. >> reporter: as night fell for the parents waiting on the dock side fear was giving way to despair. >> do you think they are alive now? they're all dead. already all dead. then we should at least recover them. the authorities keep sayin sayit s

of the terms of the agreement between diplomats of the united states, russia, ukraine and eu, jackie rolandhas more in donetske. >> pro-russian protesters in donetske are rejecting what went on in geneva. they were not part of the negotiation. they don't trust the authorities in kyiv and they are afraid if they left the buildings they could find themselves arreststraight away. meanwhile in kyiv authorities seem to be holding out an olive branch, suggesting there could be a reworking of the constitution, giving a special status for the russian language and increased autonomy for the regions, are allowing local to elect their own council, rather than being government imposed on them by kyiv. they have misunderstood what was being said in geneva. the subtext of what moscow is saying that kyiv also needs to make concessions. while there are credit directions to leave public buildings there is clearly a message that moscow and indeed prorussian supporters would expect to see an end of demonstrations, the occupation of independence square in kyiv by pro-european supporters who have had tents and

jackie roland has more from paris. >> reporter: the challenge for the algearian presidency takes hispaign to the streets of paris. he is a former prime minister, a member of the old guard and he is nearly 70 years old, but his team is trying to sell him to voters as a man who can bring about change. >> translator: he respects the law, a man of his word. when he says he is going to do something, he does it. >> reporter: more than 800,000 algearians living in france have the right to vote, and they have already started casting their ballots ahead of election day in algeria. this is a constituency that all of the candidates to win, including the president himself. he is 77 years old and suffered a stroke last year. the most notable thing about his campaign is he has been virtually absent from it. >> translator: the health of the president has improved greatly, and continues to do so. at the end it's the algearian people who will decide. as i have often said the president governs with his head and not his feet. >> reporter: algearians want stability. they have experienced their own decad

jackie roland, al jazeera. >> russian president vladimir putin had a lot to say about the situation in ukraine. the four hour program even features a question from fugitive nsa leaker, edward snowden al jazeera has more now from moscow. >> no coincidence, that as the crucial four party talks got underway, vladimir putin was stealing headlines in moscow. >> the russian president engaged in a marathon four hour question and answer session with the russian people. >> top of the agenda, the crisis in ukraine, and one question, would putin send in the troops. >> granted the president the right to use arm forced i hope the time will not have to use that right, and that we with will be able to solve all burning issues in ukraine, by political and diplomatic means. >> this is an event which plays well at home. but putin also had a firm message to find countries like the united states, which will impose sanctions on russia over it's actions in ukraine. >> and a compromise be found between the united states and russia? the compromise must not be found between third party but different forces wit

al jazeera's jackie roland is in donetske. >> pro-russian demonstrators here in donetske are rejecting the agreement in geneva, say it does not apply to them because they weren't a party. they are not required to are are comply. they are afraid if they left the buildings they could find themselves arrested straight away. meanwhile in kyiv, the authorities appear to be holding out an olive branch to the demonstrators, would pave the way for increased autonomy, and rather than having government imposed on them by kyiv. and there's been a warning, suggesting that they misunderstood what was agreed in geneva, the subtext of what moscow was saying is kyiv also needs to make concessions. so while there are demands people here in the east in donetske and to leave public buildings, there is a warning that inspectors would expect to see an end to the demonstrations of the independence square in kyiv by pro-russian demonstrators who have had barricades in the square for several months now. >> it is a place that inspires records but headed into high season for climbing moult everest, the deadlies

>> after the tragedy the epa and the fertilizer industry both put together guidance for amoan jackie roland nigh freight storage. voluntary guidance. >> the problem with with this situation, is that the epa guidance, and what the fertilizer institute produced is this material, are not compulsory. >> they are voluntary. they choose not to volunteer. >> the risks of ammonium fertilizer are well known. it called the worst accident in u.s. history when it center reopened plowedded aboard a ship in 1947. other 500 people were killed. it was used in the first attack on the world trade center, the oklahoma city bombing and the u.s. embassy bombings years later. >> it is ground hog day in texas. we sea the same type of tragedies happening. >> with is environmental deft fund. >> there's not a single permanent measure that's been implemented seance is the disaster a year ago, and that disaster happened while we were in the middle of a legislative session. so there was an opportunity -- there is still an opportunity, for our state leaders to take action, and we have not seen anything. >> we wanted to

jackie roland, al jazeera, d donetsk. >> mark jacobson, a fellow at the german marshall fund at the united states? >> thanks for having me. >> how does this end? what needs to be done to try to convince these militants in each earn ukraine to accept deal russia, europe and ukraine came to? >> the mistrust of parts of the ukrainian population for their government is really at the heart of what's going on here. so the short answer is: there is going to have to be a long-term process to rebuild that trust. >> will include efforts from the international community to help the ukrainian government be more effective but in the end, it's going to have to come from within. there will need to be dialogue and less violence and fewer protests and finally, a much less interference from the outside. by that, i do mean russia. >> how do you rebuild the trust between kiev and the protesters? especially since i imagine the kiev government thinks they have done nothing wrong. >> even if the kiev government thinks it has done nothing wrong and i think they understand that there needs to be some sort of recon

. >> let's go live to paris where jacki roland joins us. >> what's been the reaction in paris to the rwandan president's accusation? >> the french recognize the role of france in operation turquoise was flawed, but they say it's because they were deployed very late in the genocide, the killings already going on for weeks. they point out they didn't have enough men. they are saying that the french and the belgians and a few other nations that contributed are very critical to other countries in the world, didn't actually deploy soldiers on the ground at the time. their reaction is that they've been very disappointed that they say is a result of his remarks, saying they wanted to go to rwanda and be able to pay homage and attribute to the people who have been killed and stand in solidarity with the survivors and very disappointed to their representative will not now be able to do this, but the french feeling is that this is a set back, so it's most unfortunate, particularly bearing in mind that the french court convicted and sentenced one of the perpetrators of the genocide to 25 years

jacki roland has more from paris. >> france's decision not to take part in this 20th anniversary commemoration i think really reflects the surprise and disappointment that the french people as a result of these statements. from the french point of view, they felt that relations with rwanda were entering a new, more positive phase. of course, there was a very cold period where there were no diplomatic relations, but since they were reestablished in 2010, some particularly with the verdict by a french court, just last month to convict one of the perpetrators of the rwanda genocide and sentence him to 25 years in prison, the french felt these are really positive steps and they were looking forward to the future. there are those in france who are suggesting that the statements could be a ploy to try to deflect or detract some criticism that he has been facing for his style of rule in rwanda. he has been accused of being authoritarian. he's been accused of eliminating opponents overseas and interfering in the neighboring democratic republic of congo, so there are suspicions that he could be trying

. >> that's ideal kiev, which called for an easter truft with protesters as jackie roland reports. >> across eastern ukraine, the stand-off continues, pro-russian demonstrate orders are ignoring calls for them to take down the barricades. in the city ofsl slovyansk, the mood asked de. the protesters say they won't back down until they are given a vote on the future of their region. >> everything is calm a refer endum has to take place so people can express their opinions. >> i think there is never going to be a united ukraine. so, i guess it needs to split. some will go to the european union. some to russia. leaders of the rebellion say they won't leave the occupied regional administration building coming here to bow in front of this government, not at all. people don't have weapons here as you see. we came to hold a referendum. >> a new opinion poll carries out across eastern ukraine reflects this widespread mistrust of the authorities tin kiev in the city, control the local television station where they set up a transmitting tower to broadcast russian programs. so residents will hav

jackie roland has more now from donnperign donetsk. >> it's a clear message from the authorities in kievt they control the skies down on the ground armed demonstrators don't seem to be will being. the regional parliament in their hands, they add the city council building to their list of con quests. they have seen crimea break away and they want their regions to follow. >> we have come into this building so that kiev accepts our demands, the demands of the ordinary people of the donetsk region to adopt a law on a local referendum >> reporter: the seizure of the building may be dramatic but council members insist it's business as usual. despite gunmen stalking the core dors, civil servants are trying to get on with running the city. >> it's not clear how much public support there is for the people occupying these buildings. here in donetsk, opinions are divided about whether the future life with europe or with stronger ties with russia. >> about 100 kilometers north of here in the city of kanatursk, the army seems to have suffered a set back after retaking control of an air strip on tuesd

jackie roland, al jazeera, paris. >> time on the news hour now to get a glimpse of the world weatherichard is here with us for that, richard. >> thanks very much indeed david. nasty weather conditions heading towards new zeeland at the moment, running the satellite sequence you see the cloud going in and that is a tropical storm eta which has nasty conditions across australia and heading down to oakland as we head through and into wednesday and on through thursday. so certainly wednesday night through and thursday we will see a lot of rain developing across new zeeland and 150-200 millimeters of rain plus severe gales as the system works its way through but it's quite a slow process and eventually pushing its way to the south. so stormy conditions expected here. moving northward into southeast asia we have conditions across the philippines and a lot of rain showing up here and looks like the rain will be continuing over the next couple days so flooding i'm afraid across the region. further north and north asia it's a different story we have here, a relatively quiet weather pattern at